The Real Cost of the House Budget Bill

New Fact Sheet: Threats to Retirees in House Budget Package - Retired Americans

This week, the Alliance released a new fact sheet detailing how the Republican budget, recently passed in the House of Representatives, will be harmful for seniors. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) will slash $490 billion from Medicare and $715 billion from Medicaid over the next decade. It will also gut food assistance for seniors, remove minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes, and lock in high drug prices. Despite assurances fr…

The Real Cost of the House Budget Bill

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe now by clicking here. I’m sad. I’m angry. By a margin of just one vote, the United States House of Representatives passed a massive legislation package, championed by President Donald Trump, called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The legislation would cut a…